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According to her friend, Lulu Agan, Vogel was wearing dark gray sweatpants and a dusky blue T-shirt when she was last seen leaving a friend's house Upcountry at about 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Vogel was last heard from when she sent a text message at 8:20 p.m. Sunday.

When police recovered her van along the cliff line near Pauwela lighthouse Monday morning, her wallet and mobile phone were missing.

Vogel, an avid surfer and hiker, had been living on Maui for about six months and working as a self-employed tutor, Agan said. She said Vogel planned to spend Sunday night camping alone in her van.

A friend called police to report Vogel missing after she missed a tutoring session Monday morning and friends couldn't reach her.

Anyone who has seen Vogel or who has information about her whereabouts is asked to call the police Criminal Investigation Division at 244-6425 during regular business hours or 244-6400 during nonbusiness hours.

Friends are organizing a land search for Vogel. Anyone who wants to help can call Agan at 633-6707.

Vogel was last heard from Sunday night, Feb. 21. She told a friend she planned to camp alone in the Pauwela area of Maui County, but sent a text saying "I'm camped down the way from birthing pools and meeting all the locals."

I just heard about this case on JVM. Do we have any info about her? Married, family, where she lives, etc.
her van was found w/ keys in it, and no one has heard from her.
Any cell records or bank card usage that we know of?

Last edited by hoppyfrog; 02-26-2010 at 10:42 PM.
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HI - Laura Vogel, 43, Maui County, 21 Feb 2010 - Car found

Maui police say the active search for 43-year-old Laura Vogel has been suspended until new evidence is found, but relatives believe "something went desperately wrong."

Vogel, a freelance tutor and avid camper, was last heard from on Feb. 21 when she sent a text message to a friend indicating she was "meeting all the locals" in an area known as the birthing pools in Haiku, in Maui County.

Vogel’s friends found her van near the Pauwela lighthouse on Feb. 22. Her keys were inside, which was not unusual, but her cell phone and wallet were missing, said Lt. John Jakubczak of the Maui Police Department. A day later, the back portion of a cell phone believed to be Vogel’s was found nearby.

Tracking dogs hunted fruitlessly for four days along the coastline, and no evidence of foul play or signs of an accident were found during searches of areas that covered heavy vegetation and rocky cliffs. Now, Jakubczak said, search efforts will remain suspended until there is new information.

“What we’re saying is, it’s very suspicious,” he said. “But again, we’re not listing it as foul play because there’s no evidence of foul play at this moment.”

Jakubczak said two calls were made from Vogel’s phone on the night she vanished, including one to a number not previously called on that line. And, he said, the man to whom the number was registered had not been using the line for nearly 10 years. He said the unidentified man is a "person of interest" in the case.

Former Mayfield coach goes missing

LAS CRUCES - A former girls soccer coach at Mayfield High School has gone missing in Hawaii.

Laura Vogel, 43, a New Mexico State University graduate who left Las Cruces a decade ago for Albuquerque and since moved to Maui to tutor, went missing a week and a half ago. Hawaiian police suspended their search Tuesday when the trail went cold.

Her friends and family are working to keep the search effort alive by hiring a private investigator, said Renee Waskiewicz, a friend in Las Cruces.

Just checking in to see if there is any news on this case. No reports on the media that I have seen for a few days.
Does anyone know if it was found out who it was she was talking to on her cell phone just prior to her disappearance?

Probe ongoing in case of missing woman, 43

On Thursday, police Lt. John Jakubczak of the Criminal Investigation Division said detectives were continuing to investigate by recontacting people who were camped in the area where Vogel reportedly was camping. Police also were making additional checks of a cellular telephone that received calls from Vogel's cell phone the night of Feb. 21.